Exaggerative,

Aattention
violent pushcaused
seeker

him to fall against one

arm. He was immediately
seized by a suffocating

Weak in morals,
easily manipulated
(Referring to his Uncles death) Im
glad, for I shall be master of the
Grange after him

Opposition to
Heathcliff- similar
to Edgar in looks

She reported him to be an

ailing, peevish creature

Very weak
and sickly

Personality

Physical
characterist
ics

Self-centred,
Father
said that all she
selfish

has is mine
Ive arranged
everything with a view
to preserve the superior
and the gentleman in
him, above his
associates

Isabella
Linton
b. 1765
d .1797
Catherine Linton
[2]
b. 1784

Feminine and emotional

Linton
Heathclif

Pale, Linton-like

Im afraid of her! shows

his pathetic side

Heathcli
f
b. 1764
d. 1802
Linton Heathclif
b. 1784
d. 1801

Dies young

A pale, delicate,
effeminate boy

Relationship with
Catherine [2] encouraged
by Heathcliff, forced
marriage

I despise him for

himself, and hate him for
the memories he
revives!
Despised by

Heathcliff, Nelly
and Hareton

Relationships

Originally raised by
Isabella until her
death

Taken by Heathcliff
as his father to live
with him, not in any
way similar

Opposition to
Hareton

Actions and behaviour

Born near London after Isabella escaped there, after her death he is brought back to Thrushcross Grange by
Edgar who aims to take him in. However, Heathcliff finds out and takes him back to Wuthering Heights using
his legal rights as the father.
Heathcliff, who despises him, raises Linton; Heathcliff wants to use Linton to get his hands on both
Thrushcross Grange and Wuthering Heights by marrying him off to Catherine [2].
Linton is scared of Heathcliff and has a strange relationship with Catherine [2] with, at times, he is desperate
to cultivate and at others seems to verge on hatred and contempt.
He is a sickly child and remains so into his (short) adult life. He frequently has fits and often is confined to the
house due to his weakness.
Shortly before his death Linton and Catherine [2] are kidnapped by Heathcliff until they are married. When he
dies, Heathcliff, therefore, becomes owner of both houses.

Images with which they are associated

He said the most pleasantest manner of spending a hot July day was lying from morning till evening on a
bank of heath in the middle of the moors, with the bees humming dreamily about among the bloom, and the
larks singing high up overhead, and the blue sky, and bright sun shining steadily and cloudlessly. That was
his most perfect idea of heavens happiness (Catherine [2], Chapter X)
Lintons looks and movements were very languid, and his form extremely slight; but there was a grace in
his manner that mitigated these defects, and rendered him not unpleasing. (Nelly, Chapter VII)